by ICPE | Apr 15, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Call to action – Speak up now before it’s too late If the proposed Education Scholarsip Accounts (ESAs) are included in the state budget bill, they will be the proverbial “camel’s nose under the tent.” Like voucher programs, ESA programs...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Apr 14, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #355 Dear Friends, The Senate budget proposal was announced on April 8th. The Senate budget put more money into the K-12 budget than did the House plan in the second year of the budget. In the second year (FY 2023), the House increase was...
by Marilyn Shank | Apr 8, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Every Indiana public school is losing money because of vouchers Every Indiana public school is losing money because of vouchers. Even if no students leave your school district to use a voucher, even if you don’t have any voucher-accepting schools in your small or...
by ICPE | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Testimony, Vouchers
Joel Hand testimony & video on HB 1001 K-12 Funding Subcommittee Thank you to our amazing lobbyist Joel Hand! He testified before the School Funding Subcommittee last week on March 25, 2021. He and almost 60 other speakers endured a 6-hour marathon meeting that...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 24, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #354 Voucher expansion & ESAs are rolled into budget bill Dear Friends, They put ESA’s in the House budget. Now ESA’s have to be kept out of the Senate budget! ESA’s, the radical plan to give taxpayer money directly to home school...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 4, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #353 – The camel’s nose Dear Friends, Milton Friedman, the famous economist who passed away in 2006, wanted to end public schools and get the government out of education. He proposed to just give tax money directly to parents to let...
